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The following is quoted from the original source, post update - article was updated after being initially archived at archive.is:

Milo Yiannopoulos Resigns From Breitbart News Amid Pedophilia Controversy

^{February 21, 2017 | 11:46AM PT}

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Milo Yiannopoulos, the conservative media personality under fire for comments he made that appeared to condone sex with minors, has resigned from Breitbart News, the platform that has helped boost his popularity on the far right.

“I would be wrong to allow my poor choice of words to detract from my colleagues important reporting, so today I am resigning from Breitbart, effective immediately. This decision is mine alone.”

~~Donald Trump’s campaign certainly helped boost his profile, as well as Trump’s appointment of Steve Bannon, the chairman of Breitbart, as campaign chairman and later chief strategist in the White House. Yiannopoulos said it was Bannon who brought him into the company, but said that he had not talked to him in a while.

“Steve Bannon is one of the foremost and brilliant political operatives of his generation,” Yiannopoulos said.~~

Notes:

• Ignoring for a moment, the "poorly edited" video where Milo appears to defend sexual relationships with minors, he has openly admitted to witnessing sexual abuse of minors at Hollywood parties, refusing to name names.[28]
• Milo claims that Steve Bannon is the person who brought him into Breitbart, but, that the two have not spoken in a while (since/as of press time).[29]

"Wait, why did the Charlottesville Unite the Right rally get you thinking about Milo Yiannopoulos?" George Soros $$, "playing all sides against each other", shillfarms.

[27]:

Dangerous Faggot Tour

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UC Berkeley

Main article: 2017 Berkeley protests

On 1 February 2017, Yiannopoulos was scheduled to make a speech at UC Berkeley at 8:00 pm. More than 100 UC Berkeley faculty had signed a petition urging the university to cancel the event.[177] Over 1,500 people gathered to protest against the event on the steps of Sproul Hall, with some violence occurring.[178]

According to the university, around 150 masked agitators came onto campus and interrupted the protest, setting fires, damaging property, throwing fireworks, attacking members of the crowd, and throwing rocks at the police.[179] These violent protestors included members of BAMN, who threw rocks at police, shattered windows, threw Molotov cocktails, and later vandalised downtown Berkeley.[180] Among those assaulted were a Syrian Muslim in a suit who was pepper sprayed and hit with a rod by a protester dressed all in black who said "You look like a Nazi",[181] and a woman who was pepper sprayed while being interviewed by a TV reporter.[182]

Citing security concerns, the UC Police Department decided to cancel the event.[178][183] One person was arrested for failure to disperse, and there was about $100,000 in damage.[184] The police were criticised for their "hands off" policy whereby they did not arrest any of the demonstrators who committed assault, vandalism, or arson.[185][186]

President Trump criticised the university on Twitter for failing to allow freedom of speech, and threatened to defund UC Berkeley.[187][188] After the incident, Yiannopoulos' upcoming book, Dangerous, returned to number one for a few days on Amazon's "Best Sellers" list.[189][190]

According to Yiannopoulos' Facebook post, he planned to return to Berkeley, "hopefully within the next few months."[191] He was invited by the Berkeley Patriot student organisation to appear at events, scheduled for 24–27 September, entitled "Free Speech Week"[192] along with Coulter, Steve Bannon, Pamela Geller, Mike Cernovich and Erik Prince.[193]

It should be noted that I cannot find anything to corroborate Steve Bannon having attended Free Speech Week(despite being invited) or the protests in particular. Indeed, it seems he did not explicitly state that he would be attending either, at least not that I could find in online publications.

[30. https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Cal-student-group-backs-out-of-Free-Speech-Week-12221042.php | https://archive.is/gywk7]:

Cal student group waffles on Free Speech Week; Milo says it’s still on

^{By Nanette Asimov and Michael Cabanatuan Updated 7:41 pm, Friday, September 22, 2017}

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~~Right-wing provocateur Ann Coulter, one of the highest profile speakers, said Friday that she won’t attend. Nor, reportedly, will former Trump adviser Steve Bannon, another high-profile speaker on the agenda.~~

Let's exlore this one, though...

[31. wiki: 2017 Berkeley protests]:

The 2017 Berkeley protests refer to a series of protests and clashes between organized groups that occurred in the city of Berkeley, California in the vicinity of the University of California campus. Violence has occurred predominantly between anti-Trump counter-protesters, including activists such as socialists, anarchists, and antifa groups;[1][2] and pro-Trump and far-right-wing activists, including the alt-right, white supremacists and neo-Nazis.

The first event occurred on February 1, when Trump supporter Milo Yiannopoulos was scheduled to give a speech at the university. Two later incidents on March 4 and April 15, were pro-Trump rallies met by counter-protesters. Another rally occurred on April 27, hosted by Kyle "Based Stickman" Chapman, Brittany Pettibone, Lauren Southern, and others at Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park. This was scheduled after a planned speech by Ann Coulter was cancelled. A "Say No To Marxism" rally planned to be held in the same park on August 27 was officially canceled by the organizers, but still drew both Trump supporters and counter-protesters.

Protests and clashes continued into the month of September, with a campus visit from conservative radio host Ben Shapiro and the return of Yiannopoulos for "Berkeley Free Speech Week". Security for the September events, though "Free Speech Week" was officially canceled by the organizers, cost the university hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Timeline

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September

Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin asked UC Berkeley in August 2017 to cancel conservatives’ speech plans slated for September 24–27 in prevention of violent civil unrest.[50] In September 2017, Cal Chancellor Carol Christ said: "Call toxic speech out for what it is, don’t shout it down, for in shouting it down, you collude in the narrative that universities are not open to all speech. Respond to hate speech with more speech";[51] and, president of the University of California system, Janet Napolitano, said: "I think some of these speakers are coming deliberately to provoke...a response. But nonetheless they’re coming to speak, they’re coming to put forward controversial and noxious ideas. Colleges and universities are places where noxious ideas are expressed. So how you...protect that value, that’s the challenge that we face."[52]

September 14

On September 14, conservative radio host Ben Shapiro gave a speech at the campus, which was covered by a crew for the political documentary No Safe Spaces.[53] No one wearing masks or with weapons was allowed on campus,[54] and the Berkeley City Council authorized the police to use pepper spray, a weapon that had been banned in the city for twenty years.[55] The campus also set up concrete barriers and metal detectors, with a UC spokesman stating that about $600,000 was spent on security for Shapiro's speech.[56] Hundreds gathered off campus at a "Refuse Fascism" rally to protest the event. Police made nine arrests; there was no major violence.[56]

September 24–27

A dozen commentators with right-wing political leanings, including Milo Yiannopoulos, Steve Bannon, Ann Coulter, Pamela Geller, David Horowitz, and Erik Prince, were extended invitations by the UC Berkeley student group Berkeley Patriot to participate in what it terms "Free Speech Week" in Berkeley September 24–27. Nearly two hundred professors and graduate students signed the open letter "Boycott the Alt-Right @UCBerkeley" calling for a boycott of campus for the four days of the planned events to ensure community members' "physical and mental safety."[57] A UC Berkeley spokesman stated that the cost of security for Free Speech Week will exceed $1 million.[58]~~

Wait a minute!

Recognize anyone? Janet Napolitano

president of the University of California system, Janet Napolitano, said: "I think some of these speakers are coming deliberately to provoke...a response. But nonetheless they’re coming to speak, they’re coming to put forward controversial and noxious ideas. Colleges and universities are places where noxious ideas are expressed. So how you...protect that value, that’s the challenge that we face."[52]

[32. v/pizzagate - @truthseekertx: Jon Tester received commitment from Secretary Clinton and Napolitano to expedite the adoption of Children in Haiti, 1 month before the Silsby trafficking of 33 children. Any Connection?]

I just find it interesting that Tester was pushing Clinton and Napolitano to expedite the transfer of Children to the U.S. on January 20th and then on Jan. 29th, Laura Silsby and 9 other Americans were busted in Haiti trafficking as many as 33 Children. http://archive.is/mqeF3

• [33. [31: ref 52 archived]: https://archive.is/EOo6c]
• [34. wiki: Janet Napolitano]

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